Match Report:
In a surprisingly one-sided contest, Excessively Polite Passenger scored an unexpected away win over Excess Baggage Charges. EBC was the form team, coming off the back of a convincing victory over Rude Foreign Businessman, but in fact this worked in EPP's favour. EBC was expecting regular striker Implausible Upgrade Request to figure in EPP's starting line-up, but instead EPP opted for a defensive formation known as the "pretending not to have three carry-on bags by hiding them behind eachother" technique. This enabled the veteran midfielders Ingratiating Smile and Say Please to sneak behind the EBC defence and get the bag on the belt with no obvious signs of hernia or spinal injury. This left newcomer Air Miles Card to combine with that seasoned international Talk About Weather in a sneaky one-two, putting Window Seat Request through to score.
In the closing moments EBC tried to get back in the game with a smart move by Hand Baggage Label, but this was cleared off the line by Already Got One (brought off the bench moments earlier to replace the rather more truthful Haven't Already Got Three.)
This puts EPP through to the next round, a tricky fixture in Madrid against Not Enough Overhead Space.
